Fresh
Too few films take on the art of arguing as a subject; we could certainly use more of them, but until then, Lumet's window into strained civic duty will continue to serve mightily.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
12 Angry Men
It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite!
1957 · 1h 37m · Approved
Drama
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Overview
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Director and cast
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Fresh
The film leaves a tremendous impact.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Mechanically written, but within its own middlebrow limitations, it delivers the goods.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A strangely realistic thriller.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Although it may sound ungallant, these 12 Angry Men, are all right without distaff glamour. Their dramas are powerful and provocative enough to keep a viewer spellbound.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
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